Lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B: a brief review

Until recently, the only generally approved treatment for chronic hepatitis B was alpha-interferon; however, it gives only moderate efficacy in terms of sustained response (biochemical, virological and histological). In fact, only 20% to 40% of treated patients respond to therapy, with lower percent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emilio Palumbo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HBV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500002&lng=en&tlng=en